New hy­brid Lon­don taxi breaks ranks

Called the TX, its uses a 1.3-litre three-cylin­der petrol en­gine as a gen­er­a­tor for a large bat­tery pack – al­low­ing a pure-ev range of more than 70 miles and a to­tal range in ex­cess of 400. It goes on sale on 1 Au­gust.

The firm’s name change re­flects its de­sire to pro­duce ve­hi­cles of all types.